Toy gas range



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' J. H. HARTMAN.

TOY GAS'RANGE Filed March a, 1925 2 Sheets-Sfxagt 1 i r nl" June 1 1926.

J. H. HARTMAN *TOY GAS RANGE Filed March 6, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 1, 1926.

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JOHN H, HARLEMAN, 0F LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA ASSIGNGR TO THE I-IUBLEY MANUFACTURING- CQ, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, A COREORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

TOY GAS RANGE.

Application filed March 6, 1925. Serial No. 13,642.

This invention relates to toys, and more particularly to a toy constructed in imitation of an ordinary gas range.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple and inexpensive toy having the appearance of an ordinary miniature gas range which will afford amusement and pleasure to little folks who are fond of toys made in imitation of household articles with which they arefamiliar,the device consisting mainly of sheet metal, preferably steel plates clamped between cast metal front and back portions with swinging doors on said front having hinge-connections formed integrally with said parts so that they cannot be taken off without disassembling the range, said parts being easily assembled and secured together so as not to be liable to get out of order or to be taken apart by a child.

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In said drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a toy gas range constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail view illustrating the hinge-connection between the front plate and one of the swinging doors;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line of Fig. l;

l 4 is a side view of the device; and

Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section, taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1, and illustrating the hinge-connection of the swinging doors.

Referring to said drawings, in which the same reference le ters are used to denote corresponding parts in different views, a sheet metal. plate A, preferably of steel, having its ends upturned forms the. bottom and front and rear walls or end portions of the 'range, while a sheet metal or steel plate B also having its ends bent upwardly; one end being very short and the other of the same length as the outer upturned end of the plate A, forms the inner side of a divided oven simultating an ordinary backing oven and a subjacent roasting or broiler oven and a false bottom for the latter oven portion of said plate A. These plates are clamped between a front C and a back D of cast metal, which are connected by tie=bolts E inserted .front edges of said sides 71 as shown.

through holes in the back plate and screwed into hollow interiorly threaded lugs or bosses e on the inner side of the front plate as in dicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4; the latter plate having door openings therein provided with downwardly swinging doors F and F A sheet metal partition plate G having upturned edges 9 for a purpose hereinafter described, forms the bottom of the simulated baking oven; said upturned edges terminating in end flanges g which rest against the inner walls of the oven formed by the upturned end portions of plates A and B. Said front and back are preferably cast with vertical side flanges c and d, respectively, which overlap the edges of the upright parts of the plates A and B, to hold them in place. A horizontally disposed partition plate H, supported on the upper ends of said uprights, forms the top of the baking oven and the bottom of a simulated warming oven hereinafter described; said partition plate having depending flanges which overlap the upper ends of said uprights and also having a shelf-like portion h connecting it with the outer side al of said back plate D, and on said partitionplate is secured a top or cover plate I having depending sides 6 and back 2' which, together with said partition plate H, form a warming oven above the baking oven, said warming even having a front door K which is gracefully curved downwardly corresponding with the curvature of the Said top has an imitation ventilator L therein which is centrally apertured to receive a tiebolt connecting it with a. similar ventilator L on the plate which forms the top of the baking oven. The door F closes the opening in the front plate corresponding with the usual door opening of the baking oven of an ordinary gas range, while the door F closes the opening corresponding with the usual door opening of a broiler oven.

The front plate C has formed integrally therewith on each side thereof, at the base of each door opening therein a hollow boss or socket C to receive pivot pins or pintles 09 projecting laterally from the rear edge of each of the doors F and F so as to provide an interlocking hinge-connection integral with the connectedparts. The bosses C? are formed with l ter ly projecting extensions 0 on which the door rests when open and lowered to a horizontal position, thus adapting the door to serve as a shelf in front of the oven.

The superstructure is mounted upon legs constructed in imitation of ordinary stove legs, which are preferably formed with top flanges having open-ended slots therein to receive fastening bolts or screws which are screwed into interiorly threaded apertures in bottom flanges at opposite ends of the aforesaid front and back portions of the range.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A toy gas range havin cast metal front and back connected by tie-bolts and clamping therebetween a sheet metal plate forming the bottom and opposite ends of the range and a second sheet metal plate of l shaped form having an upright portion forming the inner side of an imitation oven and a false bottom overlying tl e first nainot bottom; one of the ends of the first named plate forming the outer side of said oven, a horizontally disposed partition plate supported on lugs projecting inwardly from said front and back and having dependii'ig flanges overlapping the upper edges of the upright portions of said first named plate and said L-shaped plate and also having a shelflil;e portion connecting it with a side portion of said back, and a top having at one end depending spaced side portions with curved front edges and a depending back portion ext-ending its full length; said depending spaced side portions and back of said top and said partition forming an imitation warming oven arranged over said baking oven, a downwardly curved front door hinged to said top, and a tie-bolt con necting said top with said partition, the latter forming the bottom of said warming oven.

2. In a toy range having an imitation oven, a front plate for said even having an opening therein and integral hollow bosses on opposite sides thereof atthe base of said opening,'said bosses being open on the inner sides thereof and each formed with a lateral extension confronting the other boss, downwardly opening swinging door for closing said opening having laterally projecting studs or pintles on the rear edge thereof fitted in said bosses, and a sheet inclal plate within said oven cooper: itin'g with said bosses to prevent the door from being removed without disassembling the range; said extensions of said bosses forming rests for the door when in a horizmital position.

3. In a device of the character described having an imitation oven, a front plate hav ing a door opening therein and integral hollow bosses open on the inner sides thereof, said opening being provided with a downwardly swinging door having laterally prd ject-ing studs or pintles on its rear edge fitted in said bosses and forming hingeconnect-ion therewith, each of said bosses being formed with a lateral extension projecting from its main bony portion toward the other boss and forming rests for said door, and a sheet metal plate within said oven abutting against the rear edge of said door or the pintles thereon so as to prevent the removal of the door without disassembling the range.

4. A toy gas range comprising a sheet metal plate having its ends upturned in U- shaped form, a second sheet metal plate having a long and a short upturned endportion and arranged with its longer upturned end-portion facing and spaced from one upturned end portion of the first named plate, so as to form therewith the inner and outer walls of an imitation oven; said plates being placed between a metal front and a metal back and clamped therebetween by tie bolts connecting said front and back; said front having door openings therein and swinging doors for closing said openings, a horizontally disposed partition plate within said imitation oven dividing the same so as to simulate a baking oven and a subjacent broiler oven; said front plate having hollow bosses or sockets formed integrally therewith and said doors having pivot pins on the rear edges thereof fitted in said sect-s ets, the lower portion of said L-shaped plate forming a false bottom for said broiler oven, and said false bottom and partition plate forming abutments for maid pivot pins so as to prevent the doors from being removed without dismantling the range.

In testimony whereof I allix my signa ture.

JOHN H. EAR-THAN. 

